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Sunday, February 21, 2010

a very creative weekend

oh how i am going to miss this room when we sell the house and move (that offer we got a month or so ago, we rejected in the end, so it's not yet sold). but, knowing our time is limited, we are spending as much time as possible in the famed blue room. on saturday, there were two sewing machines whirring away and canvases being painted. there were top models' outfits being designed and several sketches for a new ladybug plushie to be made as a gift for a friend. there was art journaling and sketching of garden designs. it was a veritable beehive of creative activity.

husband's oldest daughter's version of a plain spoken quilt top - all done.

the canvases were done by sabin and middle sister.

a baby duvet cover that i'm working on.

i was totally inspired by the quilt K is making.

my tanya whelan dolce quilt - fending off the winter blues.

i even got to the quilting stage of it and it's now all quilted (tho' not in this photo) and just awaiting binding.

a peek at the back of the dolce quilt.

it was dark when i finished the quilting this evening, so no pix of that.

a springy dress that i made for myself from the adult couture sewing book that i bought from pomadour24 on etsy. i can highly recommend the japanese sewing pattern books. the styles are simple and beautiful and even without japanese, you can follow the directions because the pictures are brilliant. it took a bit longer than it would have had i been able to read the directions, but in the end, it really wasn't bad at all. the patterns come on big sheets in the back of the book and you trace them off onto pattern paper and then follow the well-done layouts and directions. in just one afternoon, i had a new dress!

some fabulous leather pieces i acquired recently.

i've got plans for this, so stay tuned!

i spent some time just admiring my fabric stash.

and after looking at various stash groups on flickr, i realize it's quite manageable.

and in fact, i probably should really get some more if i want it to be a stash to be proud of. :-)

and how she used bits and pieces from the little plate of fabric and thread clippings.

i knew those would come in handy for something.

it's just too bad those canvases are so tiny (like 3" x 2")!

i haven't actually been counting towards my 100 creative things in 2010, but i think we're on track. i'm going to try to upload everything to flickr and do a mosaic to count in the near future. with various computers having been in the shop, my pictures are in three different locations. sigh.

I'm so jealous of how much good stuff you made this weekend! How fun! My goal is to get cracking on the creativity this week. I've been working on my first quilt for about a year now and I really want to get it done. (It's a doll sized quilt as well!) Thanks for the inspiration!

By the way, I totally agree with you about your daughters sense of color. She really knows how to mix them up!